Top Stories: National
- Best Buy to review third-party marketplace after CBC investigation finds damaged products (CBC)
- Walmart Canada says it plans to hire 12,000 permanent new employees ahead of holidays (CTV)
- Walmart Canada makes big commitment to sustainable beef (Canadian Grocer)
- How IGA’s home ec classes help serve a greater household need (Strategy)
- 157,000 new jobs in September get Canada’s economy back above pre-pandemic level (CBC)
- Sweatpants forever? Why the ‘athleisure’ fashion trend may outlast the pandemic (CBC)
- Ritual cooks up a fresh post-pandemic positioning (Strategy)
- Why calls for ‘right-to-repair’ rules are revving up again for vehicles in Canada (CBC)
Central/Eastern Canada News
- Owner of Mondou stores opens new $16 million head office in Anjou, Que. (NewsWire)
- Shoppers Drug Mart makes period products more accessible in Ontario schools (Yahoo)
- Montreal toy store owner fined thousands for surpassing operating hours (Global)
- Food Basics opens new North York store (Canadian Grocer)
- Strip mall that houses original Lone Star Texas Grill sold for $16.5M (Ottawa Business Journal)
- Convenience stores propose made-in-Ontario beverage alcohol sales (Grocery Business)
- Annapolis Royal location named best Home Hardware Building Centre in Atlantic Canada (Saltwire)
- Another rare orange lobster found in an Ontario grocery store heading to Toronto aquarium (Global)
Western Canada News
- Calgary suburbs to welcome ‘much-needed’ major grocery retailers (Grocery Business)
- British Columbia’s retail sales slip in July (BIV)
- Vancouver cannabis retailers to see business licence fee drop by half next year (BIV)
- ID scan technology at Alcanna liquor stores collected too much data, says investigation (CBC)
- Calgary restaurant loses business, liquor licences over refusal to implement vaccine passport (Global)
- Winnipeg’s First MINISO Now Open at Northgate Shopping Centre (Access Winnipeg)
- Fire guts charity, thrift shop in east Edmonton industrial area Friday morning (Global)
- Slam Canada’s first-ever pop-up to reopen in Vancouver on Sunday (Daily Hive)
